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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sudha's ring symbolize?

2. After Sudha is pregnant, how does she feel toward her mother-in-law?

3. After Sudha has her daughter what does Ashok ask her?

4. How does Anju's husband realize that she has been keeping a job?

5. How does Anju feel about her father-in-law?

Short Essay Questions

1. What annoys Anju about Sudha?

2. Why hasn't Sudha's mother-in-law been telling anybody that Sudha is pregnant?

3. Why is Anju second guessing her decision for Sudha to move to America?

4. What kind of relationship do Anju and Sunil have?

5. How does Anju feel about her niece?

6. What happens at Shasti's shrine?

7. What does Sudha worry about Ramesh?

8. How does Anju's life change in America?

9. Why does Sudha's mother-in-law want her to have an abortion?

10. Why does Anju decide to get a job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does foreshadowing play in the novel? What events are examples of foreshadowing? Consider Sudha's dream about Prem. How does the reader's initial perception of the dream differ from the actual event it foreshadows?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Anju become more optimistic before her wedding? How and why does Sudha become more negative? How might these outlooks both harm or hurt both girls? Which is more logical?

Essay Topic 3

Which character develops most - Anju or Sudha?

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